Paul Kray

Paul Kray (5 February 1735-19 January 1804) was a Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Paul Kray was born in Kasmark, Hungary, Holy Roman Empire on 5 February 1735, and he entered the Austrian Reichsarmee in 1754. Kray served during the Seven Years' War, the War of the Bavarian Succession, and the 1787-1791 war with the Ottoman Empire. He temporarily wtihdrew from the military in 1792 due to poor health, but he was recalled in 1793, commanding the Habsburg forces in the Austrian Netherlands during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1799, he was appointed commander of Austrian forces in Italy during the War of the Second Coalition, and he commanded Austrian forces on the Upper Rhine in 1800. He defended all of the approaches to Vienna through the German states, but he was disastrously defeated in five consecutive battles. During the brief armistice between Austria and France, Kray was replaced by Archduke John of Austria, and he was discharged on 28 August 1800. He died in Pest, Hungary in 1804 at the age of 68.